[pct-l] Mt Laguna Weather

[Len Glassner]

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
136 PM PDT WED APR 21 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 4000 FEET
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL LINGER OVER THE SOUTHWEST
STATES THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY
ABOVE 4000 FEET. TIMING OF THE PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL IN
THIS TYPE OF PATTERN IS DIFFICULT. HOWEVER...THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS BELOW 5000 FEET.

CAZ058-220500-
/O.CON.KSGX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-100422T1900Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CUYAMACA...JULIAN...
MOUNT LAGUNA...RANCHITA
136 PM PDT WED APR 21 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT
THURSDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON PDT THURSDAY.

* ELEVATION: ABOVE 4000 FEET.

* SNOW LEVELS: 4000 TO 4500 FEET.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AREAS OF SNOWFALL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
  OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8
  INCHES...MAINLY ABOVE 5000 FEET. ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 10 INCHES
  ARE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS.

* TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CUYAMACA...JULIAN...MOUNT LAGUNA...RANCHITA

* WINDS: AREAS OF WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
  TODAY...BECOMING 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT
  AND THURSDAY.

* VISIBILITY: AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW...FOG...AND
  BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS: SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE LOCAL
  VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TRAVELERS THROUGH THE
  MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
  CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD
  REPORTS BEFORE DEPARTING. ALWAYS CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA
  FOOD AND CLOTHING IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO THE MOUNTAINS. HIS
  WEATHER COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS OR HIKERS.

* OUTLOOK: SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE LOCAL VISIBILITY
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TRAVELERS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS ARE
URGED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD REPORTS BEFORE DEPARTING. ALWAYS
CARRY CHAINS AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND CLOTHING IF YOU MUST TRAVEL
INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

THIS WEATHER COULD BE DEADLY FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS OR HIKERS.


On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Sean 'Miner' Nordeen
<sean at lifesadventures.net> wrote: